Improvement in gun-locks



J. KELSEY.

Gun Lock.

No. 85,672. Patented Jn. 5,1869.

N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHFR, WASHINGTON. D, C

.gister @that JOHN KELsAY, OF RICHMOND, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 85,672, dated Janna/ry 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GUN-LOCKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of the eamo.

Be it known that-1, JOHN KnLsAY, of Richmond, in the countyof Ray; and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Gun-Locks; and I' do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The' object of this inventionis to construct a lock for guns, or other fire-arms, in such a manner that the motion from the trigger to the hammer will be more direct, and consequently quicker than in firearms now in use, wherein a number of intermediate piecesY are interposed between the trigger and hammer. ,i

This construction renders this lock peculiarly adapted to fire-arms which are used for sporting-purposes, or target-shooting, as the motion from the trigger to. the hammer is so quik as not to lose either aim or time.

` In this invention the guard will be placed on the bottom of the piece, so as to `form the hammer, the nipple being also placed under the piece, instead of 'on the, top of it, as is usually the case.

Other changes in the construction of the lock will be readily understood from the following description,

which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved lock.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side .ele. vation of the improved lock, detached from'its piece, and showing the guard or hammer open;

Figure 2 is a top plan of the same; and

Figure 3 is a side elevation.

The metallic strap A forms the body of the lock, and is secured to the bottom side of the stock by 'means of screws.

The guard-piece B forms the hammer of the lock, and is pivoted to the strap A at x, a portion of the said guard-piece extending upward beyond the said pivot x, and forming a horizontal arm, b, which catches under the upper hooked end of the trigger O, when the piece is cocked.

The front end ofthe guard-piece is formed into a hammer, b', which strikes against and explodes the cap,

which is o be placed on the nipple D, the nipple being also plac d below the piece, and extending downward from the forward end of thestrap A.

A flexible pivoted nger, d, is to be attached to the post d', in such a manner as to be swung around under the nipple, when the cap is placed thereonso as to secure it in place.

The hammer is allowed to strike the bottom of the finger d, when it is thrown up against the cap, the iinger being suliciently iiexible toaiford no interference or resistance to the blow of the hammer upon the cap.

The spring E is'designed to throw the guard-hammer -B-b up against the nipple as soon as the said guard, or the arm b of if is released from the trigger. The spring- F presses the trigger O. up against the hooked end of the arm b, so as to hold the lock in a cocked position.

The lock constructed as above described, itis evident the motion-will be much easier and quicker than in locks where mpre intermediate pieces are placed.be.

tween the'trigger and hammer, and the lock so con- 'structed will be eminently adapted tomany purposes,

while'it will be much cheapened in construction, and the piece may be made lighter andJ stronger, as there will be but little mortising of the stock required for the insertion of the lock.

The trigger O is pivoted to the. strap A by means of the pin x.

I do in nowise claim the devices hereinbefore de-I scribed, separately, as said devices are well known, but 

